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barbtries

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16. me too.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Fri Feb 20, 2026, 09:40 AM

Yesterday

every day i fantasize the headline i want to see as i dread the headlines i will see.

i've barely started my day and already
- kegsbreath gave a malevolent white "christian" speech hating on the "tolerant" left
- a 9 year old girl with a valid travel visa coming for a visit to Disney was put in a gulag
- krasnov is turning the nation's capital into a 3rd world monument to himself
- he's going to use my tax money, $10 billion of it, to promote the krasnov endless war board
- war with Iran?
- i mean what the fuck.

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I hate waking up to this fire hose of bs from Trump and his goons, every single day. [View all] Swede Yesterday OP

Flooding the zone mikeysnot Yesterday #1

I drive around listening to the radio and shudder every time the 5 minute news comes on or I switch to mucifer Yesterday #2

A Citizens' Debunking Channel is needed bucolic_frolic Yesterday #3

That used to be the constitutionally-protected role of the Free Press: to act as the people's watchdogs, investigate sop Yesterday #6

That's a rather worthwhile observation. bucolic_frolic Yesterday #7

We don't have a free press whopis01 Yesterday #17

It's exhausting Luciferous Yesterday #4

before i even get up i check my phone to see if hes dead yet... samnsara Yesterday #5

I've had to limit my news consumption. The news now is nit good for the blood pressure. Lonestarblue Yesterday #8

Trump's daily....(sometimes hourly) dose of corruption is like quicksand democrank Yesterday #9

I am in agreement with everything said here. Diamond_Dog Yesterday #10

I get the news from shows like The View Wednesdays 23 hrs ago #24

I usually just skim the headlines until an overflow of tragedy, madness, and "gotchya" requires a break. Ping Tung Yesterday #11

I wish there were a news show without THAT FACE LSparkle Yesterday #12

Dump is worse than BIF in Back to the Future 2 mdbl Yesterday #13

Agreed Swede! They are the gaslighters of all gaslighters. Clouds Passing Yesterday #14

Just throw more lies on the fire... kentuck Yesterday #15

me too. barbtries Yesterday #16

Boy, do I feel that, too! hamsterjill Yesterday #18

In Seattle we have a user supported station RainCaster Yesterday #19

Who doesn't love a daily tankload of Donny's Dementia-riddled Diarrhea? Blue Owl Yesterday #20

I agree, I face each and every day with dread and apprehension Grim Chieftain Yesterday #21

It can be depressing. CaptainTruth Yesterday #22

Message auto-removed Name removed Yesterday #23